Tag Archives: Fiddler on the Roof

Subway Churro

This past weekend, John Mulaney was welcomed into the “Five-Timers Club” of Saturday Night Live by Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, Elliott Gould, Steve Martin, Conan O’Brien, and Paul Rudd. Among the sketches during the show was the Broadway-themed “Subway Churro,” … Continue reading

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2021 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center has announced its 44th class of honorees, and musical theater alums were well represented among them. This year’s five performing artists are opera singer Justino Díaz, writer-producer Berry Gordy, Tony-nominated producer Lorne Michaels, Tony-winning actress Bette Midler, … Continue reading

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Broadway Birthday: Judy Kuhn

Happy Birthday to four-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, born May 20, 1958, in New York. She grew up in Bethesda, Md., where she became interested in performing after seeing her first show at Adventure Theater. After graduating from Georgetown Day School, … Continue reading

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Broadway Birthday: Sheldon Harnick

Happy Birthday to Pulitzer-winning writer Sheldon Harnick, born April 30, 1924, in Chicago. He began composing while at Carl Schurz H.S. and graduated from Northwestern (1949) with a bachelor’s in music. After working with various Chicago orchestras, he moved to … Continue reading

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Essential Musicals: Fiddler on the Roof

Novelist Philip Roth called it “shtetl kitsch,” and writer Cynthia Ozick said it was an “emptied-out, prettified romantic vulgarization” of Sholem Aleichem’s work. Even if it wasn’t entirely true to its source material, Fiddler on the Roof did tackle the … Continue reading

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